Base station and communication method

Abstract

A terminal device capable of providing a method for determining PUCCH resources used for notification of response signals indicating error detection results for downlink line data, when ARQ is applied during communications using an uplink unit band and a plurality of downlink unit bands associated to the uplink unit band and when downlink data allocations are instructed using an ePDCCH. In this device, a control unit ( 208 ) determines A/N resources on the basis of whether a channel used for transmitting downlink control information (DCI) is a PDCCH or an ePDCCH.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A base station comprising:
 a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits a first downlink control channel signal in an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH) and transmits a second downlink control channel signal in a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), wherein the first downlink control channel signal indicates assignment of a first downlink data in one or more component carriers and the second downlink control channel signal indicates assignment of a second downlink data in one or more component carriers; and 
 a receiver, which, in operation, receives a response signal in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource corresponding to a PUCCH resource value, wherein the PUCCH resource value corresponds to at least one of a first indicator value transmitted in the ePDCCH in a component carrier and a second indicator value transmitted in the PDCCH in another component carrier, and the first indicator value and the second indicator value are identical to denote a common PUCCH resource between the ePDCCH and the PDCCH. 
 
     
     
       2. The base station according to  claim 1 , wherein the first indicator value and the second indicator value are in Transmit Power Control (TPC) fields of the downlink control channel signals transmitted in the ePDCCH and the PDCCH. 
     
     
       3. The base station according to  claim 1 , wherein a total number of uplink component carriers is less than a total number of downlink component carriers. 
     
     
       4. The base station according to  claim 1 , wherein the PUCCH resource value is selected from a set of PUCCH resource values. 
     
     
       5. The base station according to  claim 4 , wherein the set of PUCCH resource values includes four PUCCH resource values. 
     
     
       6. A communication method performed by a base station, the communication method comprising:
 transmitting a first downlink control channel signal in an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH) and a second downlink control channel signal in a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), wherein the first downlink control channel signal indicates assignment of a first downlink data in one or more component carriers and the second downlink control channel signal indicates assignment of a second downlink data in one or more component carriers; and 
 receiving a response signal in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource corresponding to a PUCCH resource value, wherein the PUCCH resource value corresponds to at least one of a first indicator value transmitted in the ePDCCH in a component carrier and a second indicator value transmitted in the PDCCH in another component carrier, and the first indicator value and the second indicator value are identical to denote a common PUCCH resource between the ePDCCH and the PDCCH. 
 
     
     
       7. The communication method according to  claim 6 , wherein the first indicator value and the second indicator value are in Transmit Power Control (TPC) fields of the downlink control channel signals transmitted in the ePDCCH and the PDCCH. 
     
     
       8. The communication method according to  claim 6 , wherein a total number of uplink component carriers is less than a total number of downlink component carriers. 
     
     
       9. The communication method according to  claim 6 , wherein the PUCCH resource value is selected from a set of PUCCH resource values. 
     
     
       10. The communication method according to  claim 9 , wherein the set of PUCCH resource values includes four PUCCH resource values. 
     
     
       11. An integrated circuit configured to control a process performed at a base station, comprising:
 transmission circuitry which, in operation, controls transmission of a first downlink control channel signal in an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH) and a second downlink control channel signal in a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), wherein the first downlink control channel signal indicates assignment of a first downlink data in one or more component carriers and the second downlink control channel signal indicates assignment of a second downlink data in one or more component carriers; and 
 control circuitry which, in operation, controls reception of a response signal in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource corresponding to a PUCCH resource value, wherein the PUCCH resource value corresponds to at least one of a first indicator value transmitted in the ePDCCH in a component carrier and a second indicator value transmitted in the PDCCH in another component carrier, and the first indicator value and the second indicator value are identical to denote a common PUCCH resource between the ePDCCH and the PDCCH. 
 
     
     
       12. The integrated circuit according to  claim 11 , wherein the first indicator value and the second indicator value are in Transmit Power Control (TPC) fields of the downlink control channel signals transmitted in the ePDCCH and the PDCCH. 
     
     
       13. The integrated circuit according to  claim 11 , wherein a total number of uplink component carriers is less than a total number of downlink component carriers. 
     
     
       14. The integrated circuit according to  claim 11 , wherein the PUCCH resource value is selected from a set of PUCCH resource values. 
     
     
       15. The integrated circuit according to  claim 14 , wherein the set of PUCCH resource values includes four PUCCH resource values.